Superman: The Animated Series (TV Series)

The Demon Reborn (1999)

Tim Daly: Superman, Clark Kent

Quotes 

• Clark Kent : And this breaking news just in: authorities have blocked off Central Avenue while firefighters try to rescue an unidentified woman on top of the Luthor Towers.

  Clark Kent : [watching on TV]  Lois?

• Superman : [catching Lois as she falls]  I've got you, Lois.

  Talia al Ghul : The name's Talia.

  Superman : [recognizing her from the train]  You.

  Talia al Ghul : Sorry for the theatrics, but I needed to get your attention.

  Superman : You've got it. What's this all about?

  Talia al Ghul : My father would like to meet you. Privately.

  Superman : Your father?

  Talia al Ghul : Ra's al Ghul.

  Superman : And if I refuse?

  Talia al Ghul : [taking out and using the shaman staff]  Then I'll have to insist.

• Clark Kent : The Tribal Arts Exhibit should be right on time.

  Lois Lane : Even the mayor is here. Hard to believe all this commotion over a bunch of beads and blankets.

  Professor Black Wing : The heritage of my people is hardly that trivial, Ms. Lane.

  Lois Lane : Professor Black Wing! I didn't realize you were... I-I mean, I was just joking. Of course, it's such a wonderful thing, this whole thing. It's so wonderful, really. Have you met Clark Kent?

  Clark Kent : [shaking hands]  I hear the exhibition is stunning.

  Professor Black Wing : I've spent years putting it together. Many of the artifacts have never left our tribal lands before. They are irreplaceable.

• Superman : [Batman helps stop a runaway train]  Just happened to be in the neighborhood?

  Batman : [taking a tracking device off a hechman]  Do you have any idea who they are? The Society of Shadows. I've been trailing them for weeks, hoping they'd lead me to Ra's al Ghul.

  Superman : Who?

  Batman : A criminal mastermind. More dangerous than the Joker and Luthor put together.

  Superman : All I know is they were breaking the law in my town.

  Batman : Leave it to you to charge in with both arms swinging.

  Superman : If you were going to operate in Metropolis, you should have filled me in.

  Batman : Next time, I'll fax my itinerary.

  Superman : I mean it. I'd like to help.

• Superman : I see an underground river, but there's no sign of them. Alive or dead. I'm guessing you and that woman Talia had some history.

  Batman : Pretty much in line with all my other relationships. I have to admit, it was clever using Ra's' devotion to his daughter to stop him.

  Superman : Well, I thought as long as I couldn't charge in with both arms swinging, I better use my head. You know, there might be something to this partnership business after all.

  Batman : Yeah, right.

• Superman : This is where they met?

  Batman : They're not coming back. Ra's is too smart to leave a trail. You said the only thing they took was the shaman's staff?

  Superman : Yes. It's one of the least valuable items. According to Professor Black Wing, it's supposed to have mystic healing powers. Maybe your mastermind isn't feeling well.

  Batman : He's usually in pretty good shape for a guy his age.

  Superman : [Batman finds tire tracks]  A bicycle?

  Batman : Or a wheelchair.

• Ra's al Ghul : I'm sorry we must meet under such circumstances.

  Superman : You're not exactly what I pictured.

  Ra's al Ghul : I'm not the man I was.

  Talia al Ghul : [putting an oxygen mask over his mouth as he coughs]  Father, you should rest.

  Ra's al Ghul : Old age, Superman. It truly is a shipwreck. One that I have survived more times than I can remember. For centuries, I've kept myself alive by immersing my body in Lazarus Pits. Their wonderous powers rejuvenated me. But each time, the effects were more and more short-lived. Now they can no longer sustain me.

  Talia al Ghul : [putting the oxygen mask on again]  He's dying.

  Superman : What do you want from me?

  Ra's al Ghul : Your strength.

• Lois Lane : [an exhibit of Native American artifacts is being stolen]  Someone's getting an early preview.

  Clark Kent : I'll get help.

  Lois Lane : I'll get the story.

• Superman : I think you're finished here.

  Talia al Ghul : [taking a device out of her belt and activating it, an explosion is heard nearby]  I've already disabled the brakes. You can stop me or stop the train. The choice is yours.

  [escaping as he tries to stop the train and blowing him a kiss] 

  Talia al Ghul : 'Til we meet again.

• Talia al Ghul : Father, stop. You'll kill him.

  Ra's al Ghul : Stay back. I must have it. Farewell, detective.

  Superman : Ra's, you're forgetting something.

  Ra's al Ghul : [as he drops Batman and advances on Superman, Superman breaks the staff]  No!

  Superman : [the room begins to collapse]  The room won't hold up much longer. Punish me or save your daughter. Your choice.